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Clanluna
Chapter 71: not Clan!
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It was a couple of days before Mariza had aquired to ingredients and made a potion to heal the wolf. The next morning. The wolf made her first tentative steps out of the stone-house. As soon as she was outside the entrance hole of the stone-house, Zuragavab spotted her.
“WOLF!“ shouted Zuragavab, as he ran for his spear. “Woooooollfff!!!“
“Zuragavab, stop!“ said Mariza as she stepped between him and the wolf to sign. “Wolfie is not just any wolf. She is a member of this Clan now and this Weech is going to teach her to hunt with us.“
“How can wolves hunt with people?“ signed Zuragavab. “They will just steal our prey!“
“Wolves in a pack work together to hunt animals larger than themselves, just like people do,“ signed Mariza. “Wolfie thinks that we are her pack now. So when she gets stronger, she can hunt with us. Now come over here so this Weech can establish that she is lower ranked in the pack than you. . . . let her sniff your hand . . . now grab her front legs and roll her onto her back so she will know that you are more dominant than her . . . all right, now you can let her up . . . see she is not so dangerous to member of her pack. And now she thinks that our Clan is her pack. This weech wants to take her around to remind her of all the other members of the Clan.“
After taking wolfie around and making her submit to all the other members of the Clan, especially the children, Mariza took the wolf back to the stone-house to rest while she worked on Vojkovica's dress some more. She finished around noon, so she grabbed her basket and digging stick to go forage for more herbs, plants and potion ingredients.
After filling her basket and starting back to the cave, Mariza spotted a sappling that looked the perfect size and straightness to make a bow from. So she spent the rest of the afternoon cutting it down and stripping the branches off it. It would take a long time to carve it into a bow. Mariza was missing the ease of simply waving her wand and transfiguring a tree into a bow.
Mariza was taking a break from carving the bow to nurse Širiža when the Vojkovica and the other women returned from foraging.
“Oh! You now!“ said Mariza in Vanthani. Mariza had managed to pick up a few words from the Vanthanoi girls. She ducked into the stone-house, set down her daughter and came back out with the summer-dress she'd finished this morning. She held up the new summer-dress for Vojkovica and said: “Me make you!“
“For me?“ asked Vojkovica. As she reached out for the dress, the fur she had wrapped around her shoulders fell off. After destroying Vojkovica's tunic to save the wolf, Mariza had given Vojkovica one of her sleeping furs to use as a wrap.
She held the summer dress up to herself for a moment, before sticking her arms in the bottom. Mariza helped her pull it over her head, then tighten the sashes that would make it cling to her and support her breasts. The result was a sleaveless mini-dress with a built in corset to support the breast and hold them tight against her body when she ran, while the skirt was loose to allow freedom of movement. Vojkovica turned a few times admiring it.
“I love it!“ exclaimed Vojkovica.
For the rest of the Spring, Vojkovica would wear the summer-dress as a tunic over her leggings and occationaly suppliment it with the fur cloak that Mariza had previously given her.
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It was a lovely warm spring day when Vojkovica decided to put the blade into the handle of the knife she was making. She had knapped the blade herself as a flake in the style of her people, the Vanthonoi, and had split a piece of bone to hold the blade. She was just tying the bone around the tang of the blade with a wet piece of rawhide when Zurvgav knocked the knife out of her hands causing the blade to hit a stone and shatter!
“What do you think you are doing?“ signed Zurvgav. “That's an Others' knife. We don't make Others' tools! We're Clan! We make Clan tools“
“WHY DID YOU DO THAT?“ yelled Vojkovica. “I spent half the day working on that knife and now you've ruined it! And stop waving at me and speak like a man!“
“Don't you make your other's sounds at me!“ signed Zurvgav. “You need to learn that you are Clan now! And if this man wants you to act like a good clan woman, he needs to treat you like one! And take off those Others' wraps!“
After giving her the Signal, Zurvgav began trying to pull her clothes off her. But he didn't understand how they were attached so he was not very successful. This didn't stop Vojkovica from screaming her protests:
“No! Stop!“
“ZURVGAV!“ yelled Mariza before signing. “What do you think you are doing?“
“This man is going to Relieve his Needs with her,“ signed Zurvgav. “The inslolent woman need to learn how to be a Clan woman. Did you see that Others' knife she made?“
Mariza picked up the handle of the broken knife and examined it.
“It is just an ordinary Knife,“ signed Mariza. “Like something this woman would make.“
“It is not Clan!“ waved Zurvgav. “What if everybody made any kind of tool they wanted? Very soon we would not be Clan any more! We would turn into the Others! And before we realize it, Our women would be hunting!“
“What is wrong with women hunting?“ signed Mariza. “This woman hunts.“
“It is not Clan!“ signed Zurvgav.
“And neither are you!“ signed Mariza. “And another thing. This clanluna has told you before. She is not availible for Need Relieving. If you want to Relieve your Needs, Relieve them with this clanluna!“
Zurvgav raised his hands to give her the Signal . . . but then he remembered how roughly Zezbrakran had Relieved his Needs in the clanluna . . . right after she had threatened to take away the Leader's Needs. Already it had become apparent that the clanluna had kept her promise. . . . suddenly, Zurvgav didn't have Needs any more . . .
Zurvgav did a dismissing wave and stomped off.
Mariza suddenly found herself in the crushing grip of a crying Vojkovica, who was hugging her tightly. Mariza started to tingle as she tried to reasure the young woman who had her chest pressed to her's.
(It's been too long!) thought Mariza. (I need to be cafeful not to use my position as clanluna to unduly influence people . . . but I miss a woman's touch!)
And this confrontation made Mariza realize that she needed to be the one to have the confrontation over women hunting . . . . and the bow was taking too long to carve. Perhaps she should make a sling, first?
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As Spring turned into summer, their household became more established. The men hunted on the parktundra and made tools, the women gathered plants and processed hides.
Mariza had made a Sling each for herself, Vojkovica and Vezava. But when she finished her sling and tried walking out of the stone-house with them, Zurvragun, the mog-ur's accolyte, spotted her.
“Clanluna! What do you have there?“ signed Zurvragun.
“This woman had made a sling,“ signed Mariza.
“Women are not allowed to touch weapons!“ waved Zurvragun. “Not even slings!“
“They are amongst this woman's people,“ waved Mariza. “In fact, this is a hunting weapon that women use.“
The son of the mog-ur's mate examined the sling.
“You will not be able to kill anything with this,“ observed Zurvragun.
“This woman does not want to kill the animals,“ signed Mariza. “This woman wants to capture them alive.“
“More of your animal magic?“ asked Zurvragun?
“No, this Weech is using the animals for stone magic,“ signed Mariza.
Zurvragun made a dismissing sign at her, and Mariza retreated.
As she walked away from the cave, Mariza waved for Vojkovica and Vezava to follow. Once they were deep enough into the forest to be out of sight of the Cave, Mariza pulled out the other two slings she'd made and gave them to the two girls.
“For hunt,“ said Mariza, before demonstrating how to use a sling.
Mariza helped each of them learn how to use the sling and once she was certain that they could throw a stone, she directed them to help her use the sling on squirels. As it turned out. Hitting the squirrels without killing them was quite difficult. And neither of the other girls could even hit a squirrel yet. She was able to stun a few squirels with the sling and brought them back to the house. Mariza was carefull that no one was watching as she cut the throat of the rodents, each over a different stone and chanelled the necromantic magic into charging the rune stones that she then placed around the smoke hole to pull the smoke out of the house. Later rune stones warded the fire area so it couldn't ignite things outside the firecircle. Once she's killed the squirrels, she fed a couple of them whole to Đak and Wolfie before skinning, dressing and butchering them for dinner.
But trouble started when Zurvgak returned from hunting.
“Hey! Where did all the smoke go?“ signed Zurvgak. “Mmm! Those squirrels smell delicious! . . . . Where did they come from?“
“This woman hunted them,“ signed Mariza.
“YOU WHAT!“ waved Zurvgak. “This is bad! This is very bad! When Zezbrakran finds out . . . .“
“Then let us go tell him,“ signed Mariza as she rose to her feet.
“No! We've got to hide it from him!“ signed Zurvgak. “If he finds out then-“
“It will just be worse if he finds out later,“ signed Mariza as she tucked her sling into the cord that held her wrap on and picked up the bowl of squirrel stew. “Better to tell him now.“
As Zurvgak followed her out of the stone-house and into the cave, Mariza couldn't see his signed protests behind her back. Finally, they arrived at the Leader's hearth. Mariza sat at Zezbrakran's feet and waited to be acknowledged. When he tapped her on the shoulder, Mariza looked us at him and signed:
“Would you like some stew from the squirrels this woman caught today,“
Zezbrakran nodded and reached for the bowl. He had just picked it up when the full realization of what she had said dawned on him.
“What do you mean that you caught today!“ signed Zezbrakran as he dropped the bowl.
Mariza hopped to her feet to avoid the hot stew and pulled the sling off her belt.
“Yes, this woman-who-hunts stunned them, with this,“ signed Mariza.
“WOMEN DO NOT HUNT!“ waved Zezbrakran as he ripped the sling out of her hand and threw it in the fire of his hearth.
“This woman does!“ signed Mariza. “This woman is a woman-who-hunts and she will continue to hunt in the future!“
“Clan women do not hunt!“ signed Zezbrakran and he slapped Mariza so hard she fell to the floor of the cave.
“This clanluna has warned you about hitting women before!“ waved Mariza as she rose to her feet. “How long has it been since you asked Zuragavaka to Relieve your Needs? Would you like to loose control of your bowels too?“
Zezbrakran flew into a blind rage as he began hitting her over and over. As the blackness of unconciousness overtook Mariza she heard Wolfie growling, then yelping.
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When Mariza awoke, she was back at Zezbrukruk's hearth where she'd spent last winter. Once again, Zurgrana the medicine woman was nursing her back to health.
“Ooohhh! What happened?“ groaned Mariza.
“Just lie back down,“ signed Zurgrana. “Zezbrakran beat you pretty badly! You would have died if Zurvgak had not pulled him off of you!“
“Are Đak and Wolfie all right?“ signed Mariza.
“Your wolf tried to attack Zezbrakran, but Zuradanak killed him,“ signed Zurgrana, and Mariza began sobbing. The men have been trying to get her cubs and Đak ever since, but they are too fast and keep disapearing.
It was a couple of days before Zurgrana allowed Mariza to leave her care. As soon as she did so, Mariza headed straight back to the stone-house and started heating stones for a potion. And hour later she had finished. Careful to avoid touching it with her skin, she poured a small portion of the potion in a small cup and carried it into the cave. The men were out hunting. The women had gone foraging. Even Zurgrana was gone by now. Mariza found Zezbrakran's hammer stone, the special one he used for knapping hunting tools and poured a bit of the potion on it. It would absorb into his skin on contact the first time he picked up the hammerstone. And because this one was used for making hunting tools, no women, including his own mate would ever touch it. She did the same in Zuradanak's hearth.
When he did touch the hammerstone, the effects became immeditatlely apparent. Mariza couldn't give him uncontrolable Diarhea like with cholera or disentery. That would have caused death by dehydration. But she did remove his abilty to contract his anal sphincter. It didn't make him defecate more, it just made him have a slow trickle of fecal mater dribbling out of him that couldn't be stoped. Nothing Zurgrana tried could help either man. In the end, she had to make each of them a fur diaper packed with grass that could be changed several times a day.
Now that the Leader and Wolfie's killer had been dealt with, Mariza enlisted all the people of her hearth to help her find Đak. Vezava Finally found the blink-dog and the blink-wolf cubs hiding under a fallen log in the forest. Once she'd shown it to Mariza, the Weech was able to coax them out and back to the cave. The cubs were ready to be weaned. So Mariza would be able to save them. But she kept them around the stone-house for several days until the two men had discovered their plight and the medicine woman's inability to help them.
Summer grew hotter and Mariza was starting to teach Đak and the cubs to help her hunt. But at this point, Đak and the cubs were too excitable and just scared off game.
Mariza and the young men were making progress at learning the Vanthonoi language from the girls. It had become so warm that Vojkovica had shed her leggings and now wore the summer-dress without them.
“Tonight we will be having a men's ceremony,“ signed the mog-ur, Zurbgun.
Mariza was very excited. She hadn't attended a women's ceremony with Zorg's Clan yet. This would be her first. So while the men left the cave to go off and do whatever it is that men do in their ceremonies, Zurbgrana prepared a bowl of datura tea for the women and offered it to each one.
“It is too strong,“ signed Mariza when it was her turn to drink.
“It is not polite to tell the medicine woman how to do her duty,“ signed Zurbgrana. “The tea is correct.“
After the children were put to bed, Zurbgrana led the women outside the cave when the all took off their wraps and laid down on them.
“Wait! Are not you going to do the women's ceremony?“ signed Mariza.
“This is the women's ceremony,“ signed Zurvgakaza. “We drink the tea, take off our wraps and sleep outside the cave until the men find us.“
“What about the drumming? The Dancing?“ signed Mariza.
“What are you talking about?“ asked Zuragakaba. “What drumming?“
“Like this!“ signed Mariza as the emptied the bowl and began beating the Clan rhythmns her mother had taught her while she gyrated her hips. Vojkovica began imitating Mariza's movements, then Zubgranaza joined in. Soon all the women were dancing with Mariza until the fell, exhausted into a deep sleep.
When Mariza watched the sun set the next night, she realized that the Summer Solstice had occured the day before. She now knew the date!
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The young men of her hearth were learning to be better at Pleasures. And this was becoming a problem for her. She had an itch she couldn't scratch. When the young men did things to her that only men could do, it did feel good. She liked the closeness of joining with another person, even if he was a man. But was like scratching her foot when her hand itched. When they did things to her that a woman could do, she could close her eyes and imagine Đučaviča. But is someways this was worse! They could almost bring her to her peak, but not quite. If was like scratching right next to, but not on, the place that itched. And her upbringing combined with her recent religious fervor, meant she couldn't scratch that itch herself! Still, she was trying to teach these young men how to Share Pleasures. And so, in order to encourage them to do it right, she would emit fake moans at times that she thought most women usually would. It occured to her that she was faking it, just like Mara. Did Mara 'fake it' because, like Mariza, she thought she was serving Luna? Did Mara secretly prefer Pleasures with Women like Mariza did? It gave Mariza something to think about, as her frustration built.
One night when she was redfooting the men of her hearth, Mariza glanced over and notice that Vezava was staring at her and Pleasuring herself!
“No!“ said Mariza, as she pushed Zurvgak off her and crawled over to pull Vezava's hand away. “Vezava No Share Pleasures Vezava! Me-ish!“
Mariza had used the English words: 'Share Pleasures'. She hadn't yet learned the vanthoni words for “Share Pleasures“ and Zorg's Clan had had no concept of 'Sharing Pleasures' until Mariz had introduced her three students to the idea and the sign for it that Iga had invented.
“Vezava Share Pleasures Other, no me-ish, SHARE! Share man, Share woman, SHARE.“ explained Mariza.
“I'm sorry I hadn't consided the idea that Sharing Pleasures with my self might be selfish.“ Said Vezava. (She also used the english words: 'Share Pleasures') “Can I share Pleasures with you?“
“Women can't Share Pleasures with each other!“ signed Zuradaz.
“Yes we can,“ signed Mariza. “Usually, women Share Pleasures with men. But some women like to Share Pleasures with other women, just as some men do with other men. There is no reason that while I'm teaching one of you, the other two could not Share Pleasures with each other. For example, while I am teaching Zurvgak, you and Zubgranev could Share Pleasures with each other . . . if you wanted to.“
“What!“ signed Zubgranev, before he shuddered in revulsion at the idea.
Mariza turned back the Vezava.
“Mariza no Share Pleasures Vezava. Mariza woman. Vezava girl. Woman yes Share Pleasures woman. Woman no Share Pleasures girl. Girl yes Share Pleasures girl. Vezava yes Share Pleasures girl.“
“So it's not permited for you to Share Pleasures with me because I'm still a girl?“ asked Vezava, as Mariza nodded. “But I can Share Pleasures with another girl?“
Now that the girl understood the taboo, Mariza returned to redfooting.
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The next day, Mariza stepped into the stone-house to find Vezava in the midst of Sharing Pleasures with Zuragakabaza. This was the first of many times she'd find the girl in her charge exploring with one of the other two girls who were the same age. Mariza found it disturbing. She had done the same with Đučaviča when she was that age. But seeing two girls, that where showing physical signs that they where almost women, Sharing Pleasures gave her uncomfortable erotic feelings that she couldn't do anything with. It was an itch she still couldn't scratch. The sexual frustration in her was reaching near explosive levels!
So, when the shrinking charm on her broom finally wore off, Mariza was ecstatic!
One day after the men had brought home a successful kill, the women were drying the meat on racks by fires. When Mariza broke a knife. She stepped into the stone-house to get another one when she noticed that the shrinking charm on her broom had worn off. On seeing this, she threw off her wrap, skipped outside the house, straddled the broom and kicked off. Mariza thrilled at the feeling the wind caressing her body as she swooped and dove over the land! Looking down, she could see the members of Zorg's Clan looking up at her and pointing.
This was a turning point in the history of Zorg's Clan . . . .
before they decided she was a spirit and started ignoring her. After that, the Clan started treating her with more respect.
One summer day, when Mariza had gone off alone to forage for potion ingredients. Mariza heard the unmistakable sounds of a couple Share Pleasures. Mariza crept through the bushes until she saw them: Vojkovica was kneeling like a Clan women did when she Relieved a man's Needs, except her hands were held behind her back with her face on the ground. The back of her summer-dress was pulled up and Zuradaz was behind her thrushing into her as he tightly held her hands behind her back.
HOW DARE HE! Mariza had been thinking that the three young men of her hearth were almost ready to be mates with a woman and Share Pleasures with their mates. And She was going to ask one of them to perform Vojkovica's 1st Rites. But now, after all that work teaching them. . . letting them Relieve their Needs in her . . . sacrificing her body in her devotion to Luna for the good of the women of this Clan . . . . He was forcing her just like she had been forced! A murderous rage boiled through Mariza as she stomped forward to knock him off of her. She wondered would she be able to kill him? Or would he overpower her . . . perhaps even force her too? Mariza didn't care! She'd kill him or die trying!
Vojkovica (14) – Other, of the Vanthonoi, abducted by Zorg's Clan
Vezava (13) – Other, of the Vanthonoi, abducted by Zorg's Clan
Mariza (19) - Other, (Golden blonde hair, sky-blue eyes) Ayla’s daughter, Weech, , Đučaviča’s former 2nd mate. clanluna, redfoot, N: Cr,H,R,Div, Care prodigy (Stork totem)
---Zariz (4) – ¼ Clan son of Mariza, Weez-ur
---Širiža (0) – Other, Mariza’s daughter, Weech
------Đak (5) – blink-dog
------Međveđj (3) Cave Bear
Zurvgak (14) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakava, future mog-ur's acolyte
Zubgranev (14) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurbgrana
Zuradaz – (14) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakaza
Zezbrakran (40) – 1/16 Clan son of Zezbraka, Leader
---Zuragavaka (33) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragava, mate of Zezbrakran
Zurbgun (53)-1/8 Clan son of Zurbga, mog-ur
Zurvragun (38) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurvraga, mog-ur's acolyte
---Zurvgakava (29) - 1/8 Clan daughter of Zurvgaka, mate of Zurvragun
------Zurvgakun (11) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakava,
Zezbrakruk (37) -1/8 Clan son of Zezbraka
---Zurbgrana (37) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zurbgra, medicine woman, mate of Zezbrakruk
Zuradanak (35) -1/32 Clan son of Zuradana
---Zurvgakaza (32) – 1/8 Clan daughter of Zurvgaka, mate of Zuradanak
------Zuradan (17) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakaza
Zuradavun (35) – 1/32 Clan son of Zuradava
--- Zuragakada (31) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragaka, mate of Zuradavun
------ Zuragakadava (13) - 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada, mate of Zuragavab
Zurvgav (34) – 1/8 Clan son of Zurvgava
--- Zuragakaba (28) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragaka, mate of Zurvgav
------ Zuragakabaza (13) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba
------ Zuragakabava (10) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba
Zuragavaz (18) – 1/64 Clan son of Zuragavaka, future Leader
---Zuragakadaza (16)– 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada, mate of Zuragavaz
------ Zuragakadazad (1) – 1/64 Clan son of Zuragakadaza, future leader
Zuragavab (15) – 1/32 Clan son of Zuragavaka
---Zurbgranaza (17) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zurbgrana, medicine woman, mate of Zuragavab
------ Zurbgranazaga (2) 1/32 Clan daughter of Zurbgranaza
Chapter 71: not Clan!
Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
It was a couple of days before Mariza had aquired to ingredients and made a potion to heal the wolf. The next morning. The wolf made her first tentative steps out of the stone-house. As soon as she was outside the entrance hole of the stone-house, Zuragavab spotted her.
“WOLF!“ shouted Zuragavab, as he ran for his spear. “Woooooollfff!!!“
“Zuragavab, stop!“ said Mariza as she stepped between him and the wolf to sign. “Wolfie is not just any wolf. She is a member of this Clan now and this Weech is going to teach her to hunt with us.“
“How can wolves hunt with people?“ signed Zuragavab. “They will just steal our prey!“
“Wolves in a pack work together to hunt animals larger than themselves, just like people do,“ signed Mariza. “Wolfie thinks that we are her pack now. So when she gets stronger, she can hunt with us. Now come over here so this Weech can establish that she is lower ranked in the pack than you. . . . let her sniff your hand . . . now grab her front legs and roll her onto her back so she will know that you are more dominant than her . . . all right, now you can let her up . . . see she is not so dangerous to member of her pack. And now she thinks that our Clan is her pack. This weech wants to take her around to remind her of all the other members of the Clan.“
After taking wolfie around and making her submit to all the other members of the Clan, especially the children, Mariza took the wolf back to the stone-house to rest while she worked on Vojkovica's dress some more. She finished around noon, so she grabbed her basket and digging stick to go forage for more herbs, plants and potion ingredients.
After filling her basket and starting back to the cave, Mariza spotted a sappling that looked the perfect size and straightness to make a bow from. So she spent the rest of the afternoon cutting it down and stripping the branches off it. It would take a long time to carve it into a bow. Mariza was missing the ease of simply waving her wand and transfiguring a tree into a bow.
Mariza was taking a break from carving the bow to nurse Širiža when the Vojkovica and the other women returned from foraging.
“Oh! You now!“ said Mariza in Vanthani. Mariza had managed to pick up a few words from the Vanthanoi girls. She ducked into the stone-house, set down her daughter and came back out with the summer-dress she'd finished this morning. She held up the new summer-dress for Vojkovica and said: “Me make you!“
“For me?“ asked Vojkovica. As she reached out for the dress, the fur she had wrapped around her shoulders fell off. After destroying Vojkovica's tunic to save the wolf, Mariza had given Vojkovica one of her sleeping furs to use as a wrap.
She held the summer dress up to herself for a moment, before sticking her arms in the bottom. Mariza helped her pull it over her head, then tighten the sashes that would make it cling to her and support her breasts. The result was a sleaveless mini-dress with a built in corset to support the breast and hold them tight against her body when she ran, while the skirt was loose to allow freedom of movement. Vojkovica turned a few times admiring it.
“I love it!“ exclaimed Vojkovica.
For the rest of the Spring, Vojkovica would wear the summer-dress as a tunic over her leggings and occationaly suppliment it with the fur cloak that Mariza had previously given her.
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It was a lovely warm spring day when Vojkovica decided to put the blade into the handle of the knife she was making. She had knapped the blade herself as a flake in the style of her people, the Vanthonoi, and had split a piece of bone to hold the blade. She was just tying the bone around the tang of the blade with a wet piece of rawhide when Zurvgav knocked the knife out of her hands causing the blade to hit a stone and shatter!
“What do you think you are doing?“ signed Zurvgav. “That's an Others' knife. We don't make Others' tools! We're Clan! We make Clan tools“
“WHY DID YOU DO THAT?“ yelled Vojkovica. “I spent half the day working on that knife and now you've ruined it! And stop waving at me and speak like a man!“
“Don't you make your other's sounds at me!“ signed Zurvgav. “You need to learn that you are Clan now! And if this man wants you to act like a good clan woman, he needs to treat you like one! And take off those Others' wraps!“
After giving her the Signal, Zurvgav began trying to pull her clothes off her. But he didn't understand how they were attached so he was not very successful. This didn't stop Vojkovica from screaming her protests:
“No! Stop!“
“ZURVGAV!“ yelled Mariza before signing. “What do you think you are doing?“
“This man is going to Relieve his Needs with her,“ signed Zurvgav. “The inslolent woman need to learn how to be a Clan woman. Did you see that Others' knife she made?“
Mariza picked up the handle of the broken knife and examined it.
“It is just an ordinary Knife,“ signed Mariza. “Like something this woman would make.“
“It is not Clan!“ waved Zurvgav. “What if everybody made any kind of tool they wanted? Very soon we would not be Clan any more! We would turn into the Others! And before we realize it, Our women would be hunting!“
“What is wrong with women hunting?“ signed Mariza. “This woman hunts.“
“It is not Clan!“ signed Zurvgav.
“And neither are you!“ signed Mariza. “And another thing. This clanluna has told you before. She is not availible for Need Relieving. If you want to Relieve your Needs, Relieve them with this clanluna!“
Zurvgav raised his hands to give her the Signal . . . but then he remembered how roughly Zezbrakran had Relieved his Needs in the clanluna . . . right after she had threatened to take away the Leader's Needs. Already it had become apparent that the clanluna had kept her promise. . . . suddenly, Zurvgav didn't have Needs any more . . .
Zurvgav did a dismissing wave and stomped off.
Mariza suddenly found herself in the crushing grip of a crying Vojkovica, who was hugging her tightly. Mariza started to tingle as she tried to reasure the young woman who had her chest pressed to her's.
(It's been too long!) thought Mariza. (I need to be cafeful not to use my position as clanluna to unduly influence people . . . but I miss a woman's touch!)
And this confrontation made Mariza realize that she needed to be the one to have the confrontation over women hunting . . . . and the bow was taking too long to carve. Perhaps she should make a sling, first?
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As Spring turned into summer, their household became more established. The men hunted on the parktundra and made tools, the women gathered plants and processed hides.
Mariza had made a Sling each for herself, Vojkovica and Vezava. But when she finished her sling and tried walking out of the stone-house with them, Zurvragun, the mog-ur's accolyte, spotted her.
“Clanluna! What do you have there?“ signed Zurvragun.
“This woman had made a sling,“ signed Mariza.
“Women are not allowed to touch weapons!“ waved Zurvragun. “Not even slings!“
“They are amongst this woman's people,“ waved Mariza. “In fact, this is a hunting weapon that women use.“
The son of the mog-ur's mate examined the sling.
“You will not be able to kill anything with this,“ observed Zurvragun.
“This woman does not want to kill the animals,“ signed Mariza. “This woman wants to capture them alive.“
“More of your animal magic?“ asked Zurvragun?
“No, this Weech is using the animals for stone magic,“ signed Mariza.
Zurvragun made a dismissing sign at her, and Mariza retreated.
As she walked away from the cave, Mariza waved for Vojkovica and Vezava to follow. Once they were deep enough into the forest to be out of sight of the Cave, Mariza pulled out the other two slings she'd made and gave them to the two girls.
“For hunt,“ said Mariza, before demonstrating how to use a sling.
Mariza helped each of them learn how to use the sling and once she was certain that they could throw a stone, she directed them to help her use the sling on squirels. As it turned out. Hitting the squirrels without killing them was quite difficult. And neither of the other girls could even hit a squirrel yet. She was able to stun a few squirels with the sling and brought them back to the house. Mariza was carefull that no one was watching as she cut the throat of the rodents, each over a different stone and chanelled the necromantic magic into charging the rune stones that she then placed around the smoke hole to pull the smoke out of the house. Later rune stones warded the fire area so it couldn't ignite things outside the firecircle. Once she's killed the squirrels, she fed a couple of them whole to Đak and Wolfie before skinning, dressing and butchering them for dinner.
But trouble started when Zurvgak returned from hunting.
“Hey! Where did all the smoke go?“ signed Zurvgak. “Mmm! Those squirrels smell delicious! . . . . Where did they come from?“
“This woman hunted them,“ signed Mariza.
“YOU WHAT!“ waved Zurvgak. “This is bad! This is very bad! When Zezbrakran finds out . . . .“
“Then let us go tell him,“ signed Mariza as she rose to her feet.
“No! We've got to hide it from him!“ signed Zurvgak. “If he finds out then-“
“It will just be worse if he finds out later,“ signed Mariza as she tucked her sling into the cord that held her wrap on and picked up the bowl of squirrel stew. “Better to tell him now.“
As Zurvgak followed her out of the stone-house and into the cave, Mariza couldn't see his signed protests behind her back. Finally, they arrived at the Leader's hearth. Mariza sat at Zezbrakran's feet and waited to be acknowledged. When he tapped her on the shoulder, Mariza looked us at him and signed:
“Would you like some stew from the squirrels this woman caught today,“
Zezbrakran nodded and reached for the bowl. He had just picked it up when the full realization of what she had said dawned on him.
“What do you mean that you caught today!“ signed Zezbrakran as he dropped the bowl.
Mariza hopped to her feet to avoid the hot stew and pulled the sling off her belt.
“Yes, this woman-who-hunts stunned them, with this,“ signed Mariza.
“WOMEN DO NOT HUNT!“ waved Zezbrakran as he ripped the sling out of her hand and threw it in the fire of his hearth.
“This woman does!“ signed Mariza. “This woman is a woman-who-hunts and she will continue to hunt in the future!“
“Clan women do not hunt!“ signed Zezbrakran and he slapped Mariza so hard she fell to the floor of the cave.
“This clanluna has warned you about hitting women before!“ waved Mariza as she rose to her feet. “How long has it been since you asked Zuragavaka to Relieve your Needs? Would you like to loose control of your bowels too?“
Zezbrakran flew into a blind rage as he began hitting her over and over. As the blackness of unconciousness overtook Mariza she heard Wolfie growling, then yelping.
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When Mariza awoke, she was back at Zezbrukruk's hearth where she'd spent last winter. Once again, Zurgrana the medicine woman was nursing her back to health.
“Ooohhh! What happened?“ groaned Mariza.
“Just lie back down,“ signed Zurgrana. “Zezbrakran beat you pretty badly! You would have died if Zurvgak had not pulled him off of you!“
“Are Đak and Wolfie all right?“ signed Mariza.
“Your wolf tried to attack Zezbrakran, but Zuradanak killed him,“ signed Zurgrana, and Mariza began sobbing. The men have been trying to get her cubs and Đak ever since, but they are too fast and keep disapearing.
It was a couple of days before Zurgrana allowed Mariza to leave her care. As soon as she did so, Mariza headed straight back to the stone-house and started heating stones for a potion. And hour later she had finished. Careful to avoid touching it with her skin, she poured a small portion of the potion in a small cup and carried it into the cave. The men were out hunting. The women had gone foraging. Even Zurgrana was gone by now. Mariza found Zezbrakran's hammer stone, the special one he used for knapping hunting tools and poured a bit of the potion on it. It would absorb into his skin on contact the first time he picked up the hammerstone. And because this one was used for making hunting tools, no women, including his own mate would ever touch it. She did the same in Zuradanak's hearth.
When he did touch the hammerstone, the effects became immeditatlely apparent. Mariza couldn't give him uncontrolable Diarhea like with cholera or disentery. That would have caused death by dehydration. But she did remove his abilty to contract his anal sphincter. It didn't make him defecate more, it just made him have a slow trickle of fecal mater dribbling out of him that couldn't be stoped. Nothing Zurgrana tried could help either man. In the end, she had to make each of them a fur diaper packed with grass that could be changed several times a day.
Now that the Leader and Wolfie's killer had been dealt with, Mariza enlisted all the people of her hearth to help her find Đak. Vezava Finally found the blink-dog and the blink-wolf cubs hiding under a fallen log in the forest. Once she'd shown it to Mariza, the Weech was able to coax them out and back to the cave. The cubs were ready to be weaned. So Mariza would be able to save them. But she kept them around the stone-house for several days until the two men had discovered their plight and the medicine woman's inability to help them.
Summer grew hotter and Mariza was starting to teach Đak and the cubs to help her hunt. But at this point, Đak and the cubs were too excitable and just scared off game.
Mariza and the young men were making progress at learning the Vanthonoi language from the girls. It had become so warm that Vojkovica had shed her leggings and now wore the summer-dress without them.
“Tonight we will be having a men's ceremony,“ signed the mog-ur, Zurbgun.
Mariza was very excited. She hadn't attended a women's ceremony with Zorg's Clan yet. This would be her first. So while the men left the cave to go off and do whatever it is that men do in their ceremonies, Zurbgrana prepared a bowl of datura tea for the women and offered it to each one.
“It is too strong,“ signed Mariza when it was her turn to drink.
“It is not polite to tell the medicine woman how to do her duty,“ signed Zurbgrana. “The tea is correct.“
After the children were put to bed, Zurbgrana led the women outside the cave when the all took off their wraps and laid down on them.
“Wait! Are not you going to do the women's ceremony?“ signed Mariza.
“This is the women's ceremony,“ signed Zurvgakaza. “We drink the tea, take off our wraps and sleep outside the cave until the men find us.“
“What about the drumming? The Dancing?“ signed Mariza.
“What are you talking about?“ asked Zuragakaba. “What drumming?“
“Like this!“ signed Mariza as the emptied the bowl and began beating the Clan rhythmns her mother had taught her while she gyrated her hips. Vojkovica began imitating Mariza's movements, then Zubgranaza joined in. Soon all the women were dancing with Mariza until the fell, exhausted into a deep sleep.
When Mariza watched the sun set the next night, she realized that the Summer Solstice had occured the day before. She now knew the date!
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The young men of her hearth were learning to be better at Pleasures. And this was becoming a problem for her. She had an itch she couldn't scratch. When the young men did things to her that only men could do, it did feel good. She liked the closeness of joining with another person, even if he was a man. But was like scratching her foot when her hand itched. When they did things to her that a woman could do, she could close her eyes and imagine Đučaviča. But is someways this was worse! They could almost bring her to her peak, but not quite. If was like scratching right next to, but not on, the place that itched. And her upbringing combined with her recent religious fervor, meant she couldn't scratch that itch herself! Still, she was trying to teach these young men how to Share Pleasures. And so, in order to encourage them to do it right, she would emit fake moans at times that she thought most women usually would. It occured to her that she was faking it, just like Mara. Did Mara 'fake it' because, like Mariza, she thought she was serving Luna? Did Mara secretly prefer Pleasures with Women like Mariza did? It gave Mariza something to think about, as her frustration built.
One night when she was redfooting the men of her hearth, Mariza glanced over and notice that Vezava was staring at her and Pleasuring herself!
“No!“ said Mariza, as she pushed Zurvgak off her and crawled over to pull Vezava's hand away. “Vezava No Share Pleasures Vezava! Me-ish!“
Mariza had used the English words: 'Share Pleasures'. She hadn't yet learned the vanthoni words for “Share Pleasures“ and Zorg's Clan had had no concept of 'Sharing Pleasures' until Mariz had introduced her three students to the idea and the sign for it that Iga had invented.
“Vezava Share Pleasures Other, no me-ish, SHARE! Share man, Share woman, SHARE.“ explained Mariza.
“I'm sorry I hadn't consided the idea that Sharing Pleasures with my self might be selfish.“ Said Vezava. (She also used the english words: 'Share Pleasures') “Can I share Pleasures with you?“
“Women can't Share Pleasures with each other!“ signed Zuradaz.
“Yes we can,“ signed Mariza. “Usually, women Share Pleasures with men. But some women like to Share Pleasures with other women, just as some men do with other men. There is no reason that while I'm teaching one of you, the other two could not Share Pleasures with each other. For example, while I am teaching Zurvgak, you and Zubgranev could Share Pleasures with each other . . . if you wanted to.“
“What!“ signed Zubgranev, before he shuddered in revulsion at the idea.
Mariza turned back the Vezava.
“Mariza no Share Pleasures Vezava. Mariza woman. Vezava girl. Woman yes Share Pleasures woman. Woman no Share Pleasures girl. Girl yes Share Pleasures girl. Vezava yes Share Pleasures girl.“
“So it's not permited for you to Share Pleasures with me because I'm still a girl?“ asked Vezava, as Mariza nodded. “But I can Share Pleasures with another girl?“
Now that the girl understood the taboo, Mariza returned to redfooting.
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The next day, Mariza stepped into the stone-house to find Vezava in the midst of Sharing Pleasures with Zuragakabaza. This was the first of many times she'd find the girl in her charge exploring with one of the other two girls who were the same age. Mariza found it disturbing. She had done the same with Đučaviča when she was that age. But seeing two girls, that where showing physical signs that they where almost women, Sharing Pleasures gave her uncomfortable erotic feelings that she couldn't do anything with. It was an itch she still couldn't scratch. The sexual frustration in her was reaching near explosive levels!
So, when the shrinking charm on her broom finally wore off, Mariza was ecstatic!
One day after the men had brought home a successful kill, the women were drying the meat on racks by fires. When Mariza broke a knife. She stepped into the stone-house to get another one when she noticed that the shrinking charm on her broom had worn off. On seeing this, she threw off her wrap, skipped outside the house, straddled the broom and kicked off. Mariza thrilled at the feeling the wind caressing her body as she swooped and dove over the land! Looking down, she could see the members of Zorg's Clan looking up at her and pointing.
This was a turning point in the history of Zorg's Clan . . . .
before they decided she was a spirit and started ignoring her. After that, the Clan started treating her with more respect.
One summer day, when Mariza had gone off alone to forage for potion ingredients. Mariza heard the unmistakable sounds of a couple Share Pleasures. Mariza crept through the bushes until she saw them: Vojkovica was kneeling like a Clan women did when she Relieved a man's Needs, except her hands were held behind her back with her face on the ground. The back of her summer-dress was pulled up and Zuradaz was behind her thrushing into her as he tightly held her hands behind her back.
HOW DARE HE! Mariza had been thinking that the three young men of her hearth were almost ready to be mates with a woman and Share Pleasures with their mates. And She was going to ask one of them to perform Vojkovica's 1st Rites. But now, after all that work teaching them. . . letting them Relieve their Needs in her . . . sacrificing her body in her devotion to Luna for the good of the women of this Clan . . . . He was forcing her just like she had been forced! A murderous rage boiled through Mariza as she stomped forward to knock him off of her. She wondered would she be able to kill him? Or would he overpower her . . . perhaps even force her too? Mariza didn't care! She'd kill him or die trying!
Vojkovica (14) – Other, of the Vanthonoi, abducted by Zorg's Clan
Vezava (13) – Other, of the Vanthonoi, abducted by Zorg's Clan
Mariza (19) - Other, (Golden blonde hair, sky-blue eyes) Ayla’s daughter, Weech, , Đučaviča’s former 2nd mate. clanluna, redfoot, N: Cr,H,R,Div, Care prodigy (Stork totem)
---Zariz (4) – ¼ Clan son of Mariza, Weez-ur
---Širiža (0) – Other, Mariza’s daughter, Weech
------Đak (5) – blink-dog
------Međveđj (3) Cave Bear
Zurvgak (14) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakava, future mog-ur's acolyte
Zubgranev (14) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurbgrana
Zuradaz – (14) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakaza
Zezbrakran (40) – 1/16 Clan son of Zezbraka, Leader
---Zuragavaka (33) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragava, mate of Zezbrakran
Zurbgun (53)-1/8 Clan son of Zurbga, mog-ur
Zurvragun (38) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurvraga, mog-ur's acolyte
---Zurvgakava (29) - 1/8 Clan daughter of Zurvgaka, mate of Zurvragun
------Zurvgakun (11) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakava,
Zezbrakruk (37) -1/8 Clan son of Zezbraka
---Zurbgrana (37) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zurbgra, medicine woman, mate of Zezbrakruk
Zuradanak (35) -1/32 Clan son of Zuradana
---Zurvgakaza (32) – 1/8 Clan daughter of Zurvgaka, mate of Zuradanak
------Zuradan (17) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakaza
Zuradavun (35) – 1/32 Clan son of Zuradava
--- Zuragakada (31) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragaka, mate of Zuradavun
------ Zuragakadava (13) - 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada, mate of Zuragavab
Zurvgav (34) – 1/8 Clan son of Zurvgava
--- Zuragakaba (28) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragaka, mate of Zurvgav
------ Zuragakabaza (13) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba
------ Zuragakabava (10) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba
Zuragavaz (18) – 1/64 Clan son of Zuragavaka, future Leader
---Zuragakadaza (16)– 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada, mate of Zuragavaz
------ Zuragakadazad (1) – 1/64 Clan son of Zuragakadaza, future leader
Zuragavab (15) – 1/32 Clan son of Zuragavaka
---Zurbgranaza (17) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zurbgrana, medicine woman, mate of Zuragavab
------ Zurbgranazaga (2) 1/32 Clan daughter of Zurbgranaza
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